Background
Binford, Chapman Hunter was born on October 3, 1900 in Darlington Heights, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles F. and W. Ava (Chilton) Binford.
Binford, Chapman Hunter was born on October 3, 1900 in Darlington Heights, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles F. and W. Ava (Chilton) Binford.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1923; Honorary Doctor of Science, Hampden-Sydney College, 1962; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Virginia, 1929; Honorary Doctor of Science, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1979.
Commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, 1930;
advanced through grades to medical director, United States Public Health Service, 1948;
cancer investigator, Harvard Medical School, 1931-1932;
with, Leprosy Research Institute, Honolulu, 1933-1936;
pathology investigations, National Institutes of Health, 1936-1937;
pathologist, United States Public Health Service hospitals, 1937-1951;
representative, United States Public Health Service at Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1951-1960;
retired, 1960;
chief geografic pathology division, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, 1960-1962;
medical director, Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation), 1963-1972;
chief special mycobacterial diseases branch, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, 1963-1974. Expert committee leprosy World Health Organization, 1964-1977. Chairman United States coordinating committee International Committee Socs.
Pathology, 1966-1969. Maude Abbott lecturer International Academy Pathology, 1973. Consultant to leprosy registry Armed Forces Institute Pathology.
Member Washington Society Pathologists (president 1954-1955), College American Pathologists, American Medical Association, American Association Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists (Ward Burdick award 1968), International Academy Pathology (president 1958-1959, representative to international intersoc. committee pathology 1962-1970, editor bulletin 1960-1965), International Leprosy Association (honorary vice president from 1973), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Société Belge de Medicine Tropicale (associate), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Thelma Lynette Beauchamp, June 8, 1929. Children– Charles C., M. Lynette.
